[Illustration: _Library of Congress_ _Atlanta residents, evicted from the city by General Sherman, await the departure of the baggage-laden train that will take them south beyond Union lines._] [Illustration: _Library of Congress_ _Federal soldiers pry up the city’s railroad tracks before leaving on their march to the sea._] [Illustration: _Library of Congress_ _The railroad depot after it was blown up by Federal demolition squads._] [Illustration: _National Archives_ _This desolate scene marks the site where retreating Confederate soldiers blew up their ordnance train early on the morning of September 1, 1864. Sherman’s soldiers left similar scenes of destruction in their wake as they marched across Georgia in the closing months of the war._] FOR FURTHER READING The only published book-length study of the Atlanta Campaign is Jacob D. Cox’s _Atlanta_ (New York, 1882; new edition, 1963). More detailed accounts may be found in two doctoral dissertations: Richard M. McMurry, “The Atlanta Campaign, December 23, 1863, to July 18, 1864,” and Errol MacGregor Clauss, “The Atlanta Campaign, 18 July-2 September 1864.” Both were written at Emory University, the former in 1967 and the latter in 1965, and both are available on microfilm from University Microfilms, Ann Arbor, Mich. In addition, the _Georgia Historical Quarterly_ and _Civil War Times Illustrated_ have published numerous articles dealing with specialized aspects of the campaign.